The pea aphid is one of the weirdest and most versatile ... In other words, some of the genes crucial to the life cycle of the aphid are actually stored outside its body, in the genome of its ...

This unique position of the Pea Aphid within the insect tree of life will provide important keys to understanding insect biology and evolution. "Aphids are economically very important insects as ...

Pea aphids are a major pest, damaging important crops like alfalfa, broad beans and – obviously – peas. Like many aphids, they have an unusual reproductive cycle. Males and females are only ...

Ladybeetles are avid predators of aphids, which are one of the key pests of peas and include the aptly named pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum). The pea aphid is a relatively large, green ...

Different species of aphid may exhibit wing dimorphism at various stages of the life cycle. Here, we distinguish between environmentally induced dimorphism, known as polyphenism, and genetically ...